-IndiaToday.in Paddy cultivation has been a worry for water conservationists for long worldwide. And, paddy is not the only water-guzzling crop to have come under the scanner. Beyond the frightening cries of coronavirus outbreak and displaced migrants, a section of farmers in Punjab, haryana and Telangana, to begin with, are debating this: Can government decide which crop they cultivate in their fields? It began with Punjab. The story began during 1970's as a...
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Breaking wheat-paddy cycle a must to save groundwater: CSSRI study -Neeraj Mohan
-Hindustan Times Flood-based irrigation in haryana, Punjab a threat to groundwater which is depleting over 3 feet every year Chandigarh: Breaking the traditional wheat-paddy cycle is the need of the hour to preserve groundwater for the future generations, reveals a research conducted by scientists of the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal (haryana). Asserting that the rice crop alone consumes about 50% of the total irrigation water, the researchers have suggested radical...
More »Telephone survey shows high understanding of social distancing, support for lockdown -Sonalde Desai & Santanu Pramanik
-The Indian Express When asked about how many people they had come in contact with outside the house over the preceding 24 hours, over 50 per cent responded that they had not come in contact with anyone. With the nation in the midst of an extended lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the question of what to do next looms large. We are operating in a brave new world where modern...
More »ASHAs: fighting a pandemic with no protection -Pallavi Prasad
-RuralIndiaOnline.org ASHA workers in haryana’s Sonipat district have been pushed to the frontlines of the fight against Covid-19 in a later-than-last-minute attempt to control a pandemic – with no safety gear and very little training Sonipat, haryana: “Now, we must visit at least 25 households every day, each house at least four times in a month,” Sunita Rani says, “to survey for the coronavirus.” She has been making these rounds for over...
More »Migrant’s last earning before suicide: Rs 2,500 from sale of phone -Sakshi Dayal
-The Indian Express Officials from the district administration also insisted the 35-year-old was “mentally disturbed”. Gurgaon (haryana): On Thursday morning, 35-year-old Chhabu Mandal, a migrant from Bihar who worked as a painter in Gurgaon, sold his phone for Rs 2,500 and used the money to purchase a portable fan and some ration to feed his family — his wife, her parents, and his four children, the youngest five months old. His wife Poonam...
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